Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP has delivered a wide-ranging keynote address at the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference in London, unveiling the name of the UK’s new autonomous combat aircraft programme and setting out how the Defence Investment Plan’s £27.8 billion commitment to air and space will transform the Royal Air Force into Europe’s first sixth generation air force. The speech, delivered to an audience of air chiefs and industry leaders from across the UK’s allied and partner nations, covered the full breadth of the UK’s air and space ambition, from sovereign combat air and…
